The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1984 Page: 2 of 8
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TEA, community
clash over dress code
By the time a student reaches high school he has a certain feeling
of independance.
He is no longer tied down to having to ride the bus or eat in the
cafeteria. With this new independance he also takes on many
obligations, and is forced to meet certain standards.
He should also be mature enough to know that there are certain
rules in life to which he must conform. School dress code is one of
these.
When W.H.S. was monitered by the Texas Education Association,
one of the things they criticized was the wording for the school dress
code. They determined that in the school handbook boys and girls
dress codes should be identical.
For instance, if a girl isn’t required to wear socks, a boy shouldn’t
be either. If girls are allowed to wear sleevless shirts, boys should
also be able to. Hair length for boys would have to be the same as
girls, which can be as long as desired in the back, but not hanging in
the eyes.
Since girls are allowed tm wear such jewelry as earrings, boys
would have to be allowed to do the same.
If W.H.S. chose not to change the wording of the code, TEA could
withhold state funds and force Weatherford tm make the changes,
okr gko to total local funding.
It would be impossible for the school dress code to ever be perfectly
undiscriminating for several reasons.
One is that boys and girls as humans were not made indentically.
For sanitary reasons some rules must be enforced.
But there can be a medium between dressing only to cause
disturbance, and to express oneself dressing with taste and respect.
The Weatherford dress code is trying to meet the TEA standards
and still reflect the community attitude.
Kim Hogan
Gorky Park offers intriguing mystery
Gorky Park, a mystery movie
based on a novel Gorky Park by
Martin Cruz Smith, is a welldone
suspense movie. Although a
little more than two hours long, it
still manages to keep the viewers
attention.
In Gorky Park the story is
centered around the murders of
three unidentified persons in a
Moscow park. Their faces and
hands have been mutilated to
make identification almost
impossible. These murders are
later linked to an American
businessman, John Osborne,
portrayed by Lee Marvin.
Gorky Park has many sub-
plots, all which make the story
more intriguing. The in-
vestigation of the mysterious
murders, suspicious connections
between the American business
man and the KGB, and their
connections with the sable fur
trade all mix together to give
Gorky Park many different
twists.
Still as most good mysteries,'
the end is a surprise.
The acting is good. Ian
Bannen, as Arkady Renka the
Russian militia investigator, and
Joanna Pacula, as Irina Asanova
the Russian trying to ascape to
America, both give good strong
performances.
Gorky Park is a good
suspensefull movie. Most people
who enjoy any kind of mystery
would enjoy this movie.
Survey
Students name best
Valentine
by Shawn Clack
During the Valentines Day
Season, many people’s thoughts
turn towards dating. Because of
this, the survey this week was
conducted with the question,
“What is your idea of a perfect
date?”
Richie Shirley, Soph.~“5’6”,
blond hair, real blue eyes, big
lips nice body, not too loud or
quiet, and eats when you do.”
Jerry Morgan, senior--“5’ red
head, blue eyes, sweet, gentle,
not too loud, smart, rich.”
Shawnda Wood, fresh.-
“Reunion Tower and dancing.”
Craig McIntosh, “I don’t know-
I’ve never been on one. I’ll let
you know when I find out.”
Julie Lane, soph.-“Having a
good time without being
pressured.”
Andy Glass, soph.-“Out to eat
and running around town.”
Music Review
date
James Granger, jr.—“Having
a good time, not being uptight
and being able to talk to the
girl.”
Laura Lee, soph.-“Going to
Ft. Worth to the show and to
eat.”
Eric Adcock, soph.-“Some
chick with a lot of money that
pays for everything.”
Todd Green, jr.-“Going to Ft.
Worth without your parents and
without a curfew.”
Ronnie Davis, fresh.—
“Someone that’s fun to be with.
Going to Ft. Worth to go dan-
cing.”
Drew Springer, jr.-“Going to
a nice, quiet restaurant with
candlelight and dancing.”
Tim Wallace, jr.—
“Hmmmmmmm, Ha, Ha, Ha,
Ha, Well.'.. .”
Ken Anderson
MTV quality varies
In past months, it seems for
teenagers that the most wat-
ched, most talked about
television program has been
Music Television.
MTV has captured the at-
tention of young people
everywhere. They like it; and
their parents hate it.
The MTV format is supposed
to be album-oriented rock, or
AOR. This puts an enormous
limitation on the music played.
High quality rhythm and blues
and souls artists are almost
completely ignored.
Many black musicians, who
have produced video music,
have become outraged and have
made complaints about racial
discrimination.
But MTV maintains that R&B
and Soul, no matter what the
quality, does not meet the format
requirements.
In addition to this limitation,
the format is not really album
oriented rock to begin with.
Instead, most of the music
aired is “New Wave”, Punk, or
Top Forty.
MRV program managers
seem intent on finding the most
obscure, unmusical groups
possible. Between these sessions
of garbage, quality music by
accomplished and popular
musical groups is played to keep
the viewers attention.
While the program is in-
teresting and worth an oc-
casional look, it hardly merits
the popular acclaim that it has
received.
The video market has also
altered music altogether.
Because of MTV’s success adn
similar p^)grams, musicians
have begun to compose their
music with video in mind, in-
stead of communicating through
the spiritual language of music.
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The Grass Burr is a bi weekly publication of the Weatherford High
School journalism Department. Itemsappearing in the Grass Burr
reflect the opinion of the staff.
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Chris Robinson, Shelly Schatz & Rebecca Stroud
...............Jennifer Jeske, Shawn Clack,
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